As part of the Stockton Arcs series of projects (PART 2) celebrating northern artists, and the concept of Home – I created this gouache painting based on the theme of ‘Family’ I painted it using a 90s childhood photo of my brother and I as reference. It was taken in Scotland on Halloween. Our facesContinue reading “Northern Gothic”
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‘Advertisements’
I’ve been playing with the concept and styles of advertising, mostly for products / events / businesses that don’t exist. I’ve been making retro-inspired posters for fake events and brands, using various online models, to convey different ideas. I like that they’re not advertisements at all, but fakes, with elements of the surreal and absurdContinue reading “‘Advertisements’”
Back on my Minotaur thing
I circle around once again to Minotaurs – with ‘willing’ life models gathered online, I’m sketching my naked mythical creatures You’ll noticed the body types I picked aren’t monsters, and they are weirdly aesthetic – I’ve changed the proportions a bit so they’re not quite human. I also gave them cows heads, which is theContinue reading “Back on my Minotaur thing”
Lockdown Art Challenge – Aubrey B
The lockdown art challenge either never ended or has started up again. And there’s nothing to do but sit about practicing styles. This is a portrait of local Teesside musician Micheal CG in the style of Aubrey Beardsley. It’s a simple black and white illustration (actually black and beige to mimic paper colours) with elementsContinue reading “Lockdown Art Challenge – Aubrey B”
On the subject of snakes
I’ve been playing with a few images that interest me – specifically Medusa and her snakes. Everyone knows the main story of Medusa (turn people to stone), and then everyone will correct you on the story of Medusa to highlight the female misery aspect. You’ve got rape, then being cursed, then killed etc. etc. ButContinue reading “On the subject of snakes”
Aimee Charlotte 